San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-13
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funds for special expenditures.
John Dillon sues the Irish inspectors,
who arrested him, for f2,0OO damages.
French treasury receipts last year fell
2,0OO, 600 francs below those Of 1885.
The U. s. senate will probably vote
In favor Of the Interstate commerce bill.
Vienna's suicides LAST year were 35S,
not quite one day.
The conferees on the electoral count
bill reach an agreement.
The new capitol will be copper rooted
instead OF slate rooted.
Maxey was reported at Fort Worth
yesterday In superfine spirits
Philadelphia republicans nominate E.
Fl. Filterer, for mayor.
The situation In the Indiana senate
virtu"lly remains unchanged.
The Pittsburg Nail association advan-
ces prices rs cents keg.
Hays county farmers want more jute
seed.
Kyle challenges San Marcos for that
BastrOp railway connection.
Minnesota asks its senators to support
the Interstate commerce bill as 1t
stands.
Ex-Governor Hamilton enters the H.
linOis senatorial race, In which Charley
Farwell seems to have the inside track.
Cullom did not press for vote on in
ter-state-commerce yesterday and none
was reached.
Alexander Battenburg informs Count
Kalnoky that under no circumstances
would he return to Bulgaria.
The sudden and very unexpected death
OF Lord Iddesleigh makes another breach
In Salisbury's cabinet.
ireland leads In the senatorial race,
Maxey second, Reagan third according
to Austin advices.
Prince kunatsee, OF Japan, is In Ber-
lin with very large retinue ofnative at
tendants.
Ground was broken at Hattiesburg,
M iss., yesterday, for the Gulf and Ship
railway.
Magnum and Montgomery file $50 al
assets, and $4,000 liabilities; at Fort
Worth.
Application has been made for an or
der Of sale for Kaufman's jewelry stock;
the failing Galveston jeweler.
The English military operations In
Burmah will be completed In 30 days.
Gen. Roberts will then return TO Cal
cutta.
Montgomery, Alabama, has caught
the Zeal estate fever and lands are held
at double the price asked two years
since.
j. c. Carr, OF Midland county, elected
house sergeant-st-srms. There will be
eight pages and seven porters In the
house; salary, So 90 a day.
Boulanger will resign as minister of
war for France. II Premier Goblet re-
fuses to sanction the heavy military
budget.
Alex Wilke. an Austin fireman. was
fatally hurt while goirg to q fire yester-
day. by the overIurning Of the ladder
truck.
The refrigerator business is opened
for bids. The city that bids highest gets
1t. Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and
perhaps San Antonio will enter the race.
The Colorado legislature insIucts it's
senators and requests its Legislators at
" ashingtoD to vote for the interstate
commerce bill.
No subscriptions to newspapers pub.
fishing the proceedings by senators.
There were ordered printed 5000 copies
OF the governors message in English,
20U0 In German, 1000 in Bohemian and
1000 In Spanish.
The snti-Mormon bill as Ii passed the
house of representatives is an Iron.clad
one, and II II passes the senate, as amen
ded In the house, will make the Mormon
style of religion hard to practice.
The Sunday liquor law and general
nhearyanna nj dow
before the supreme court and all pro-
ceedings are stayed until the hearing
next Monday at New Orleans.
Proceedings have been begun in the
United states court to set aside the in
terest of the Dallas stockholders in the
Texas Trunk railway; am unit involved
100000.
Fort Worth kicks against Greenwald's
Determinations in the matter Of tickets
to Mrs. Bowers entertainments. Gal
weston and Dallas pay Sl.0O; Fort Worth
Is charged $40.
Bismarck's speech has created a pro-
found impression unfayOrable to con-
tinued peace In France. The Paris
MaIin says that the account opened in
1870 will never be settled SO long as the
German flag floats over Metz and Stras-
burg.
Davitt says Henry Georges article
was unjust and very unwise. The big
lrishman says George understands the
land question, but has very narrow
views on all others, for man aspiring to
leadership.
Train wreckers on the Missouri Pa.
cifi0 between Omaha and Kansas City,
ditch passenger train running 30 miles
an hour. The engineer and express
messenger are dead. One passenger
seriously injured. This Is the third at.
tempt made to kill engineer Dewitt and
it succeeded.
All the miners In the Anthracite coal
fields, 100000 strong, have formed q
practical union, and now they threaten
strike to aid the coal handlers 10 Jersey
whose wages were reduced In mid
winter.
Sproule, an American citizen, was
hanged In British Columbia. June 1885,
In the face of u writ of habeas corpus,
granted by the supreme court at Ottawa
on the ground Of evidence show K
allibi. The sheriff refused obedience 10
the writ and SprOule's brother sues the
province for Sj0OO0.
trouble between the Old Dominion
Steamship company and their employees,
at Newport News, has led TO some rot
Gus acts. The demands of The workmen
are positively refused, as also any con-
ference with them.
Bismarck In his long expected speech
In favor OF the seven year army bill let
himself loose. His speech showed him
| utterly careless of giving offence 10